Tag: creative minds

I was relieved to learn that I am not damned by my life-long fear of being discovered to be less intelligent than everyone else. According to “Wired to Create,” by Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman, a cognitive psychologist, and the scientific director of the Imagination Institute at the University of Pennsylvania, and Carolyn Gregoire, a Huffington Post writer, you don’t have to have a high IQ to be creative, to be an artist:

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A woman with a deep curiosity about everything on earth--really, everything: how paper is made, what life is like for honeybees inside their hive, where wind comes from, how people choose what they do in their lifetimes--everything. Creativity is central to who I am: photography, writing, cooking, pottery, soap-making and, yes--knitting (but weird knitting, not "your mother's knitting.") So it makes sense that I should try to understand the magic of creativity and why it confers such gifts to those who make things...

Craftiest Project of the Month: Crochet up this Plarn Lunch Tote and help rid the world of a ton of plastic grocery bags, turning them into something useful. Pattern from Vickie Howell’s terrific blog.

Tasty + Good Recipes: Skinnytaste.com’s Lentil Salad. Super easy to make, loaded with 7 grams of protein per serving, meat and gluten free, and DELICIOUS—who could ask for anything more?